Improvement in preserving eggs



JOHN KNAPP, OF PRATTSBURG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 105,342, dated Juli 12, 1870.

IMPROVEMIlNT m PRESERVING EGGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent mid making part of the same LJOHN KXAPI', 0i Prattsburg, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented act-r tain Process for Preserving Eggs, of'which the following is a specification. p

Ltake any kind of a receptacle that I wislrto preserve eggs in, and. cover the bottom with sulphate .of lime; then put; in some eggs, and not have them touch the sides of the receptacle; then cover the eggs with the sulphate of lime; thenpui; in more eggs, and cover ms before and, finally,c0ver them suiiicieutly to exclude the air from the eggs, or a few inches in thickness of the last; covering;

If air-tight recepiaeles are used, such as stone or earthenware, less thickness of the sulphate is required about the sides of the receptacle.

Any of the varieties of sulphate of lime maybe used that is mosiveonvenient, and any of the well-known means of preparing it may be employed, and, in the form of an impalpable powder, it may be more conven-.

' The process of preserving eggs, herein deseribed,

the same cousisfihig in placing-the eggs in a vessel, and

' covering them with a dry powdered sulphate of lime,

as described. r

J OHN KNAPP.

Witnesses:

F. H. HoPKIxs, CHARLES Ksrenun.

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